fresh year round peeler supplier

so he would have to sell 500 a month just 2 cover electricity expenses. before you consider time, effort, etc and it there would be even more time and effort involved in collecting them as hard backs, then you have the prob of trying to monitor the crab to sort out those that are ripe from those that arent. a dead crab will prob have a chain effect like with worms

i hope i am wrong but it just isnt possible wish it was as over 50 of my fish tanks would be full of em, and id be a very rich man

he's paying that at the mo to cover his pleasure tanks, combined with the income from his clown fish and prawns he easily covers that, crabs would be a bonus.

as dbrock said, i hope i am wrong,

if i am wrong,i'll be 1 of d 1st at his door :wink:

i hope so too, i know nothing about crab mangement :oops:

at the moment he has around twelve systems in his fish shed, he says it costs him around 500 euros a month for all the electricity and food, he's planing on converting 3 of those to crab systems.
if he cant breed them cost effectively he can always go collecting hardbacks but he's convinced he can do it.

exactly eric ,, collect the natural recsourse that is the answer now you are talking, one of the things i have found is collecting hard crabs 1/you dont know where they are in their peeling cycle,,2/ placement in a holding tank is not enough to incite a peel,3/feeding the crab is nessesary,4/possible heating will be required 5/reproducing the tides ie,,bring them out of the tank at regular intervals ,say day to day,,stopping feeding its a tough life been a crab keeper but fun!!!!!! :P :P

so he would have to sell 500 a month just 2 cover electricity expenses. before you consider time, effort, etc and it there would be even more time and effort involved in collecting them as hard backs, then you have the prob of trying to monitor the crab to sort out those that are ripe from those that arent. a dead crab will prob have a chain effect like with worms

Paul ,,
theres a definite way of setting up a tank for crab,same for worm , a natural bacterial tank ,death just feeds the bacteria and keeps the water cleaner

gee

Paul ,,
theres a definite way of setting up a tank for crab,same for worm , a natural bacterial tank ,death just feeds the bacteria and keeps the water cleaner

caz if your keepin em make sure you get rid of dead fish or crabs rapidly as it raises the amonia levels firstly and then your nitrite and eventually your nitrate levels will go up to

Paul ,,
theres a definite way of setting up a tank for crab,same for worm , a natural bacterial tank ,death just feeds the bacteria and keeps the water cleaner

caz if your keepin em make sure you get rid of dead fish or crabs rapidly as it raises the amonia levels firstly and then your nitrite and eventually your nitrate levels will go up to

rock ,,,,i feed the crab on worm theres never any left but yes point taken on the fish,,how is your tank/s setup i am always up for swapping ideas
i do not use a man made filter i use a cockle /mussel shell filter therefor bacterial and if a worm dies it is just recycled into the system a great idea given to me from friends in the NE England where crabs are scarce

gee

ive a tropical fish shop caz and all our tanks are using air filters with sponges ,,, we are using a product called organic aqua,,,its basically matured bacteria ,, check it out here
http://www.organicaquariums.co.za/

it works amazing
but still running loads of test on it with crabs at the mo all going amazing so far ill keep you posted on it

guys i got it wrong :oops: he talking about something else when it came to the breeding , fire shrimp i think, i feel like a right dumbass
he still is going ahead wit the crabs but is planning on collecting them instead.
he has confirmed mail order will be available to ireland.

guys i got it wrong

and after building so many hopes as well.. it would have been interesting to see how it would progress. but alas we will never find out :? :?

guys i got it wrong :oops: he talking about something else when it came to the breeding , fire shrimp i think, i feel like a right dumbass
he still is going ahead wit the crabs but is planning on collecting them instead.
he has confirmed mail order will be available to ireland.

eric......I think your due another name change :evil:

Tom.

i think were forgetting he is still planning on providing the crabs at the same prices, by mail order if needs be all year round. do not hate me

so basically he is opening another bait shop,,,,

how many bait shops stock fresh peeler, green,velvet,edible on a year round basis.

well ill have his first 100 at a euro a crab any idea how long it will take to fill that order or when he is starting?

dave tilly will have crab 90 percent of the time ive found

he has to clear out a few tanks currently with livestock in them , cycle the tanks and collect the crab should be open for business for the new year i reckon.

cool well i want 100 for jan if he can get em

that sounds like a great idea. what area is your buddy based in? a couple of my mates would be game too.